Reverse Mentoring, Patrice Gordon
Reverse Mentoring, Patrice Gordon
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Reverse Mentoring
Removing Barriers and Building Belonging in the Workplace

Author: Patrice Gordon

Narrator: Phoebe McIntosh

Unabridged: 4 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Balance

Published: 11/01/2022


Synopsis

“You can’t help but be excited about what the future will look like, if all businesses embrace Patrice’s passion for reverse mentorship; her passion for a world in which all businesses are 100 percent diverse, inclusive, and equitable shines through on every page.”
--From the Foreword by Holly Branson, Chief Purpose and Vision Officer of Virgin Group
 
Most organizations today strive for goals such as employee diversity, inclusive leadership, and younger and fresher ideas. But how do we get there?
 
In her trailblazing Reverse Mentorship program, world-renowned executive coach and personal development advocate Patrice Gordon creates a safe and engaging culture by having senior leaders learn from junior employees. While typical mentoring programs arrange for a senior manager to teach the more junior employee, Reverse Mentoring is the opposite: it’s all about a leader leaning into their vulnerability, forming a relationship with an underrepresented employee, and amplifying the voice of marginalized people within the company.

Reverse Mentoring offers various tips to make reverse mentorship work. Gordon explores the power of uncomfortable and awkward moments becoming key points of transformation when people have to pause, reflect and assess their past behaviors and current assumptions which are at odds with the topic at hand. She ultimately reveals how bringing more humanity into our organizations allows us to see one another and ourselves in a radically new light.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on January 20, 2023

I had heard of reverse mentoring in terms of mentoring across generation gaps, but this was the first time I've read about it being used for DEI purposes. It's a great application. The author does a good job explaining the nuts and bolts of the reverse mentoring process and takes into account the per......more

Goodreads review by Stuart on January 05, 2024

This is a concept that's been around for awhile...yet the way Patrice Gordon goes about this is just a radically new approach... Having years of experience in this field...the author does an excellent job describing the intricacies of a formidable subject... If you want to get a better understanding o......more

Goodreads review by Emily on June 16, 2024

This book is most applicable to someone developing a reverse mentorship program. Did have some good takeaways I’ll use as a participant in this type of program. Worth the listen but if you’re short on time pick the chapters that are most relevant to you.......more

Goodreads review by Becky on April 01, 2024

Interesting concept but doubtful of the power dynamic shift required to execute.......more